Ceramics of the Middle Usumacinta Region: Relationships over Time

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Aguada Fénix and the Middle Usumacinta Region: Interregional Interactions and Social Transformations in the Middle Preclassic Period" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Since the beginning of the Middle Usumacinta Archaeological Project, researchers have observed that ceramics from several archaeological sites in the region share similarities with those from the site of Ceibal, located in Petén, Guatemala. After conducting several years of research at sites in the Middle Usumacinta region, including Aguada Fénix, the peripheries of Aguada Fénix, El Tiradero, La Carmelita, La Orilla de Laguna Naranjito, Buenavista, Pajonal, El Codo, and Rancho Zaragoza, we have identified several ceramic types dating from the Middle Preclassic: 1000–350 BC to the Terminal Classic: AD 810–950. Among all the archaeological sites investigated so far, the importance of Aguada Fénix stands out. At this site, we have recovered ceramics that have been dated to 1000 BC at Ceibal, but in Aguada Fénix it seems to be even earlier. Each of the investigated sites also features ceramics characteristic of the Middle Usumacinta region, showing important relationships among them through time. We have also identified Olmec ceramics at some sites. These results provide important data on the cultural process of the region and represent a very significant analysis with more than 95,326 ceramic fragments.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Aguada Fénix and the Middle Usumacinta Region: Interregional Interactions and Social Transformations in the Middle Preclassic Period   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39114.0